compasses, the people of the pacific navigated over thousands of miles of open ocean, including hawaii and samoa, tahiti, new zealand and hundreds of tiny islands in between. in our lifetime, this ancient knowledge of navigation was lost until one man on an island, who was the sole remaining practitioner, spread the art of navigation from island to island and to keep it alive. he succeeded in preserving thousands of years of accumulated understanding of how to sail using the stars and the temperatures of the ocean. he trained others to distinguish this region of the sea, and he awakened the unimaginable ancestors who for generations populated the pacific. he died in his home island the other day. as a fellow pacific islander, i thank him for all he gave us. i wish him on this travel. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman rise? >> i ask permission to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. thompson: mr. speaker, the first